Differentiation of social expenditures in the russian regions and its measures of reduction

Abstract

The following article is dedicated to the problem of unequal access of people living in different regions. The most important social benefits financed from the regional budgets, identify the causes and possible ways to reduce inequality. The relevance of the research is determined by the purpose of creation of innovative economy in Russia and the need to improve the quality of human capital. The stated purpose requires the growth of social expenditures and changes in their structure. In this article we have analyzed the structure and dynamics of the volume of expenses of consolidated regional budgets for health, education, housing and utilities, and the social policy, as well as the costs of state social extra budgetary funds from the 2013 to 2016 years. The object of research were chosen the subjects of the Ural Federal District. Formulated conclusions are about the social orientation of fiscal policy in the regions and the most important principle of social policy is the principle of social justice. In order to reduce the structural imbalances in social spending all over the country, it is proposed to activate the mechanisms of public-private partnership, to amplify the level of control over the expense of public funds, to provide the magnification of financial sustainability of state, extra-budgetary social funds and, above all, of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation